crashed

Crashed is the past tense form of crash and is used to describe a sudden and often damaging stop, collision, or failure. It can function as both a verb and a participial adjective, and its exact meaning depends on the context. The term is common across transportation, technology, finance, and everyday language.

In transportation and physical impacts, to crash means for a vehicle, aircraft, or other object to collide with another object or surface, often resulting in damage or injury. A crash can also refer to a wide-area incident, such as a multi-vehicle pileup or a plane crash. The noun form “crash” is frequently used to describe the event itself.

In computing and information technology, a crash occurs when a program, application, or system stops functioning unexpectedly and cannot continue running. This can be caused by software bugs, hardware faults, or resource exhaustion. When a crash happens, systems may generate crash dumps or crash reports to aid debugging and recovery.

In finance and everyday usage, “crash” describes a rapid and sharp decline in prices, markets, or assets. The term can also appear in slang and idiomatic expressions, such as sleeping suddenly (“crash” on the couch) or attending an event without invitation (“crash a party”). Overall, crashed conveys abrupt disruption across varied domains. See also crash, crash report, crash site, market crash.